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cissing

cissing noun: the formation of small craters, drops or streaks on a freshly-painted or varnished surface if the paint or varnish fails to adhere to it. Also the present participle and gerund of ciss.

Noun

cissing (plural cissings)

  1. The formation of small craters, drops or streaks on a freshly-painted or varnished surface if the paint or varnish fails to adhere to it.
    • […] results in a painted film without micro defects, such as pinholes and cissings. We consider that good corrosion resistance can be realized.2019, Fadzli Mohamed Nazri, Proceedings of AICCE'19: Transforming the Nation for a Sustainable Tomorrow, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 595

Also used as

cissing is also the present participle and gerund of ciss.

Forms of cissing

pluralcissings

Origin of cissing

See ciss.

Questions about cissing

What does cissing mean?
Cissing means the formation of small craters, drops or streaks on a freshly-painted or varnished surface if the paint or varnish fails to adhere to it.
What part of speech is cissing?
Cissing is a noun.
What is the plural of cissing?
The plural of cissing is cissings.

Words near cissing in the dictionary

  1. Cissianti
  2. cissid
  3. cissids
  4. cissie
  5. cissies
  6. cissing
  7. cissings
  8. Cissna
  9. cissoid
  10. cissoidal
  11. cissoids

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